From Ecology to Finance (and Back?): Recent Advancements in the Analysis of...
Bipartite networks provide an insightful representation of many systems, ranging from mutualistic networks of species interactions to investment networks in finance. The analysis of their topological...
View ArticleThe Opioid Addict on the Trading Floor
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View ArticleQuant Finance Run Amok
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View ArticleStorm warnings
With economists taking a reductionist approach to economics, another financial crisis is inevitable. https://t.co/cnAZMXB7XX — moneyscience (@moneyscience)…
View ArticleThe 100 Most Influential Women in Finance
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View ArticleExploding Asthma and ADHD Caseloads: The Role of Medicaid Managed Care -- by...
In the U.S., nearly 11% of school-age children have been diagnosed with ADHD, and approximately 10% of children suffer from asthma. In the last decade, the number of children diagnosed with these...
View ArticleParental Monitoring and Children's Internet Use: The Role of Information,...
This paper explores how asymmetric information between parents and children and direct parental controls can influence children's internet use in Chile. We designed and implemented a set of randomized...
View ArticleMutual Funds as Venture Capitalists? Evidence from Unicorns -- by Sergey...
Using novel contract-level data, we study the recent trend in open-end mutual funds investing in unicorns--highly valued, privately held start-ups--and the consequences of these investments for...
View ArticleTaxing Humans: Pitfalls of the Mechanism Design Approach and Potential...
A growing body of evidence suggests that psychological biases can lead different implementations of otherwise equivalent tax incentives to result in meaningfully different behaviors. We argue that in...
View ArticleRelative Prices and Sectoral Productivity -- by Margarida Duarte, Diego...
The relative price of services rises with development. A standard interpretation of this fact is that productivity differences across countries are larger in manufacturing than in services. The service...
View ArticleCan Audits Backfire? Evidence from Public Procurement in Chile -- by Maria...
Audits are generally intended to monitor compliance with existing rules. However, audits can also create unintended impacts and incentives through the specific protocol by which they are executed. In...
View ArticleThe Neo-Fisher Effect in the United States and Japan -- by Martin Uribe
I investigate the effects of an increase in the nominal interest rate on inflation and output in the United States and Japan during the postwar period. I postulate a structural autoregressive model...
View ArticlePayroll Taxes, Firm Behavior, and Rent Sharing: Evidence from a Young...
This paper uses administrative data to analyze a large and long-lasting employer payroll tax rate cut from 31% down to 15% for young workers (aged 26 or less) in Sweden. We find a zero effect on...
View ArticleThe Center and the Periphery: Two Hundred Years of International Borrowing...
A common belief in both academic and policy circles is that capital flows to the emerging periphery are excessive and ending in crises. One of the most frequently mentioned culprits is the cycles of...
View ArticleInforming SPR Policy Through Oil Futures and Inventory Dynamics -- by Richard...
This paper examines how information on the time pattern of expected future prices for crude oil, based on the term structure of futures contracts, can be used in informing whether to draw down, or...
View ArticleThe Unconventional Oil Supply Boom: Aggregate Price Response from Microdata...
We analyze the price responsiveness of onshore oil supply from conventional versus new unconventional "tight" formations in the United States. We separately analyze three key stages of oil production:...
View ArticleMarriage-Related Policies in an Estimated Life-Cycle Model of Households'...
In the U.S., both taxes and old age Social Security benefits explicitly depend on one's marital status. We study the effects of eliminating these marriage-related provisions on the labor supply and...
View ArticleDoes Parents' Access to Family Planning Increase Children's Opportunities?...
This paper examines the relationship between parents' access to family planning and the economic resources of their children. Using the county-level introduction of U.S. family planning programs...
View ArticleProduction Flexibility, Misallocation and Total Factor Productivity -- by...
Economy-wide institutional deficiencies causing factor misallocation have been emphasized as essential determinants of aggregate TFP differences. This paper argues that production flexibility at the...
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